The Anti-Corruption Bureau, which by rule should set an example of transparency, is itself hiding from us the materials of the monitoring proceedings initiated against our own organizations—this is stated by Nona Kurdovanidze, Chairperson of the ISFED (International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy), on social media.

As Kurdovanidze notes, they have addressed the Bureau with multiple requests, but it "does not even acknowledge" sharing the materials of the initiated proceedings with the organizations.

According to her information, the Bureau has initiated monitoring processes with at least 80 organizations.

"The so-called monitoring process initiated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against civil society organizations is not only an intensive violation of freedom of association and other related rights; it also clearly shows how state resources are being spent completely without purpose.

The Bureau has initiated monitoring processes with at least 80 organizations. It is checking whether, after April 16, the organizations have concluded new grant agreements with foreign donors without government consent or modified contracts concluded before April 16.

The Bureau knows very well that it will not find any violations here, yet it continues to spend resources. More than half of these organizations do not have new contracts—nor even old ones—and due to the repressive environment, they continue only volunteer activities.

All this is known to the Bureau, yet it still continues the monitoring process against them: it sends a letter to the organization, then to the court, and the court requests the organization to provide documentation; the court, in a conveyor-belt system, unconditionally satisfies the Bureau's requests and obliges the organizations to provide non-existent documents to the Bureau. It does the same with all commercial banks and the Revenue Service, spending their resources as well, and so on, endlessly.

And finally, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, which by rule should set an example of transparency, is itself hiding from us the materials of the monitoring proceedings initiated against our own organizations. Despite multiple requests, it does not even acknowledge that it is obliged to share with us the materials of the proceedings initiated against us," writes the ISFED Chairperson.